Previous posts for September 16th are here: Hildegard von Bingen (2019), Charlie Byrd (2020), Nadia Boulanger (2021), Nick Jonas; Hildegard von Bingen (2022), and Hildegard von Bingen (2023)
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Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 17 September 1179) was one of the most accomplished minds of the Middle Ages, distinguishing herself in a number of fields. We do not know when she was born, but September 16 is cited occasionally, although it is unclear on what evidence.
Mysticism for All?
In the early 1990s, recordings of her work suddenly hit the pop charts, a time when medieval chant, new age music and meditative practices were enjoying a boom. -- Brian Wise,@ www.wqxr.org/story/97514-hildegards-striking-music-comes-to-life-vision
Medieval scholars still regard
The sacred chants of Hildegard
As music up there with the best
Produced in the medieval West.
And scholarship, (there is a ton)
On Hildegard, the Bingen nun,
Has opened up to everyone
The beauties of medieval chant, —
Though purists have averred this can’t
Be done without the grim result
Of morphing to a New Age cult.
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